Vision from Grand Rapids, Carolyn Quinn-Allen, also of Grand Rapids, and an all-star local lineup, including the Church of the Living God Mass Choir, Betty Shelton, and more.

“I have simply stood back and taken a good look at our community as a whole, and I find it sad that there are so many displaced families in the community of Muskegon,” said Michael Thompson, who is a local radio personality on WUVS 103.7-FM The Beat.

“I recently witnessed a young man eating out of a garbage can,” he added, “and at that very moment I knew I had to use my celebrity in this community to bring more attention to this issue.”

Michael and Carol Thompson

The Blessed concert is 7 p.m. Saturday in the Waters Performing Arts Auditorium in Muskegon Heights High School, 2427 Jefferson. Admission is $12, but a donation of two canned-food items will take $2 off your ticket price.

All proceeds from this event will be used to purchase turkeys and the fixings to feed as many hungry families as possible on Thanksgiving Day, said Thompson, who is working in cooperation with WUVS and the Muskegon-Oceana Community Action Partnership.

Thompson says he can’t help helping.

“It’s almost the exact same feeling I had when the Haiti earthquake happened,” he said. Thompson organized a concert in February to benefit Haitian victims.

“So now the same drive and determination I had at that time is simply focused on the community I call home,” he said.

Tickets are available at RiteWay Communications, 60 E. Broadway, or at the door. Call 231-830-5338 for information.